D’Tigers of Nigeria are now to play Senegal in the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIBA Afrobasket Champuonship 2025 in Angola.
The Senegal men’s team eliminated South Sudan with a 78-65 points victory on Tuesday night to finish second in the group and secure a last 8 tie with Nigeria.
Nigeria closed out their Group B campaign of the 2025 AfroBasket on a high and impressive note on Sunday at the Pavilhao Multiusos de Kilamba.
The D’Tigers’ 99-90 win over Cameroon means they finish with a 3-0 record. More importantly, for the D’Tigers is the direct entry to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
In their inspired performance, Nigeria had six players score in the double digits. Josh Okogie led the D’Tigers with 16 points.
Caleb Agada scored 15, Stan Okoye finished with 14, Christian Mekowulu and Ike Nwamu each contributed 12, and Martins Igbannu scored 10.
Cameroon were led by Fabien Ateba with 19 points and Yves Missi with 18. Jeremiah Hill left the game with a knee injury after scoring 16 points, and Samir Gbetkom scored 13.
The Nigerian Women’s team, D’Tigresses had eliminated Senegal in the Semi-Finals in the recently concluded FIBA Women’s AfroBasket championship 2025 in Abidjan enroute their first place finish to emerge the champions of the continent.
